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Designed a speculative identity system for a performance-focused energy drink brand.
The direction centered around:
hydration + electricity
clean energy aesthetics
movement and endurance
bold retail visibility
Built across packaging, campaign visuals, typography, and digital applications.
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The direction moves away from trends and into something more intentional, with a focus on symbolism, texture, and pieces that feel considered and lasting.
Great choice of colours...
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Designed in Figma, built in Framer. A seamless SaaS Website focused on clarity and conversion.
Love the consistency across components, it feels like a well-structured design system behind this.
Sunday morning. Coffee. Byron Sharp's How Brands Grow on the table.
It's an uncomfortable read if you sell brand strategy.
Sharp's data argues that distinctiveness (color, type, mascot, sonic mark) does more work than differentiation (a sharp strategic position). For Coca-Cola, Heinz, Mars, the numbers back him up. Big brands grow by being mentally and physically available, not by being meaningfully different.
Then I close the book and open Figma for a Series A client launching into a category most buyers have never heard of.
Sharp's frame doesn't apply yet. Distinctive assets only compound when buyers already know they want the category. When the market is being created, a sharp point of view does most of the work. The asset system can come later.
So the honest position, sitting with this for a few months, is that differentiation is usually a phase, not a permanent moat. It's the weapon you need in years 1 to 3, when buyers don't know the category and the competition is undefined. Sharp's playbook kicks in around year 5, when the category is real and you're fighting for share of mind.
Selling "be distinctive" to a Series A founder is malpractice. Selling "differentiate harder" to Heinz is also malpractice.
Most B2B clients aren't actually buying a 100 year brand position. They're buying a weapon for the next 18 months of attention.
Love this frame 🔥. Most people focus on the visual asset system (the distinctiveness), but as an AEO/SEO specialist, I’m usually the one tasked with making that 'sharp point of view' discoverable.
Sitting with this, though, it feels like differentiation is the high-signal period...
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